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Snake Wine, Vietnam
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Snake Wine, Vietnam

Only the daring—and deranged—dare drink snake wine, a potent Vietnamese tradition that's potentially deadlier than a hangover. A poisonous cobra is submerged in rice wine or grain alcohol, creating a purported cure for everything from rheumatism to impotence. Though it's become popular across Southeast Asia, snake wine originated in Vietnam, where it's served from the Mekong Delta to Hanoi, either in steeped quantities or liquor is mixed with snake blood or bile. Bottoms up.

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